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enWhat First Marathons and Extramarital Affairs Have in Commonhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/what-first-marathons-and-extramarital-affairs-have-common
<p>Shortly before Denny Henrich turned 50, he ran his first marathon.&nbsp;</p><p>Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:07:11 +0000Lindsey Moon & Charity Nebbe52116 at http://iowapublicradio.orgWhat First Marathons and Extramarital Affairs Have in CommonUI Professor Kembrew McLeod Responds to Criticism of Pink Locker Room Protesthttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/ui-professor-kembrew-mcleod-responds-criticism-pink-locker-room-protest
<p>University of Iowa Professor Kembrew McLeod is organizing what he calls a <a href="http://kembrew.com/roboprof/million-robot-march-against-pink-locker-rooms/" target="_blank">"Million Robot March Against Pink Locker Rooms"</a> in protest of the university's painted pink locker room for visiting football teams.</p><p>Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:52:15 +0000Ben Kieffer, Emily Woodbury & Clare Roth45953 at http://iowapublicradio.orgUI Professor Kembrew McLeod Responds to Criticism of Pink Locker Room ProtestMoney, Canoes or Oral Hygiene: Finding the Key to Happinesshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/money-canoes-or-oral-hygiene-finding-key-happiness
<p>According to research by the Gallup organization, North Dakotans are happier than Iowans. Or rather, they have a higher state of well-being.</p><p>Wed, 09 Jul 2014 18:48:17 +0000Charity Nebbe & Katherine Perkins43459 at http://iowapublicradio.orgMoney, Canoes or Oral Hygiene: Finding the Key to HappinessFalling Out of the Middle Classhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/falling-out-middle-class
<p><span dir="ltr" id=":u0">In <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/01/29/president-obamas-2014-state-union-address">last month’s State of the Union address</a>, President Obama said this year he hoped to strengthen and build ladders of opportunity into the middle class. Host Ben Kieffer talks with University of Iowa <span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr" id=":u0">sociologist <a href="http://clas.uiowa.edu/sociology/people/kevin-t-leicht">Kevin Leicht </a>and John Gallo of the <span class="st"><a href="http://tippie.uiowa.edu/">Henry B. Tippie College of Business</a>.Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:00:12 +0000Ben Kieffer & Sarah Boden36232 at http://iowapublicradio.orgFalling Out of the Middle ClassMiddle Childhoodhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/middle-childhood-0
<p>Listen back to Talk of Iowa's conversation on middle childhood. <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/middle.html">Middle childhood</a> is the time between toddler-hood and the teen years. It’s a point in development when kids transition into a concrete way of thinking that's more categorical and less emotionally volatile.&nbsp; Host Charity Nebbe talks with an anthropologist, pediatrician and counselor about what's going on inside those growing bodies and minds.</p><p></p>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 20:51:02 +0000Charity Nebbe & Sarah Boden35092 at http://iowapublicradio.orgMiddle Childhood'Genius 101'http://iowapublicradio.org/post/genius-101
<p>Dennis Reese guest hosts this talk with&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Dean</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;</span>Simonton, a&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California-Davis</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">. &nbsp;Simonton was recently visiting the University of Iowa, and he describes his research as the "cognitive, dispositional, developmental, and socio-cultural factors behind eminence, giftedness, and talent."</span></p><p></p>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:58:35 +0000Dennis Reese34189 at http://iowapublicradio.org'Genius 101'The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brainhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/psychopath-inside-neuroscientists-personal-journey-dark-side-brain
<p>The criminal brain has always held a fascination for neuroscientist James Fallon.&nbsp; A few years ago, he inadvertently discovered his brain scan perfectly matched a pattern that he’d found in the brains of serial killers. Today on River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with Fallon.</p>Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:11:20 +0000Ben Kieffer & Emily Woodbury33637 at http://iowapublicradio.orgThe Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the BrainNews Buzz: Obamacare Fix and Cholesterol Guidelineshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/news-buzz-obamacare-fix-and-cholesterol-guidelines
<p>While support to reduce prison sentences has been growing, Iowa State University sociologist <a href="http://www.soc.iastate.edu/staff/delisi.html">Matt DeLisi</a> <a href="http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2013/11/12/delisioffenderreduction">recently testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee</a> that for certain offenders this would be a mistake.&nbsp;</p>Fri, 15 Nov 2013 19:32:31 +0000Ben Kieffer & Sarah Boden32197 at http://iowapublicradio.orgNews Buzz: Obamacare Fix and Cholesterol GuidelinesRaising Girlshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/raising-girls
<p>From Cinderella to Miley Cyrus our girls grow up in an environment rich in images of femininity.&nbsp; Host Charity Nebbe gets insight into the challenges and dangers girls face as they grow and how the media influences their development.</p><p></p><p></p>Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:46:53 +0000Charity Nebbe & Sarah Boden30401 at http://iowapublicradio.orgRaising GirlsThe Anatomy of a False Confessionhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/anatomy-false-confession
<p>The<a href="http://www.innocenceproject.org/"> Innocence Project</a> says that in about <a href="http://www.innocenceproject.org/fix/False-Confessions.php">25% of DNA exoneration cases, innocent defendants made incriminating statements, delivered outright confessions or pled guilty</a>. People sometimes confess to crimes they didn&rsquo;t commit. But,why?</p>Tue, 08 Oct 2013 19:21:12 +0000Ben Kieffer & Sarah Boden30269 at http://iowapublicradio.orgThe Anatomy of a False ConfessionIowa Experimentshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/iowa-experiments
<p>One day in 1968, the day after the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered, <a href="http://www.janeelliott.com/">Jane Elliott</a>, a teacher in the small town of Riceville, divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups&hellip;and gave them a lesson in discrimination.&nbsp;</p>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:07:57 +0000Katherine Perkins & Ben Kieffer29697 at http://iowapublicradio.orgIowa ExperimentsRecidivismhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/recidivism
<p>Iowa Public Radio concludes it's summer series on Iowa's corrections system with a look at recidivism. Host Ben Kieffer learns why offenders in rural areas may be at a disadvantage when they leave prison, and also, what factors influence an offender's likelihood to return to prison?&nbsp;</p><p></p>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:53:25 +0000Ben Kieffer & Sarah Boden26581 at http://iowapublicradio.orgRecidivismEducational Media For Kids: Much More Than Just Your A-B-Cshttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/educational-media-kids-much-more-just-your-b-cs
<p>We've all heard that it's best to limit the amount of screen time our kids get each day, but screens are getting harder an harder to avoid. Today on Talk of Iowa, we talk about educational media. We find out how to make the most of the screen time our kids do get and explore some of the surprising pitfalls we can find along the way.</p><p></p>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:16:19 +0000Charity Nebbe17386 at http://iowapublicradio.orgEducational Media For Kids: Much More Than Just Your A-B-CsMental Illness & Media Violencehttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/mental-illness-media-violence
<p>Host Ben Kieffer talks with UI psychiatrist and professor of medicine Donald Black about his views on proposed changes in mental health policy as a potential remedy for reducing gun violence. Dr. Black is well known for studying various personality disorders. Also psychologist Craig Anderson of ISU tells us about research on the connections between virtual media violence and real life violence.</p><p></p>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:08:59 +0000Ben Kieffer13856 at http://iowapublicradio.orgMental Illness & Media ViolenceYou Can't Lie To Mehttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/you-cant-lie-me
<p>Research shows one out of every five times a person opens his or her mouth -- out comes a lie. Also, 80 percent of all lies go undetected. Host Ben Kieffer talks with deception detection expert Janine Driver tells us how to sharpen our inner lie detector. Her new book is titled, "You Can't Lie to Me: The Revolutionary Program to Supercharge Your Inner Lie Detector and Get to the Truth."</p>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 18:12:28 +0000Ben Kieffer8068 at http://iowapublicradio.orgYou Can't Lie To MeMedia Violence http://iowapublicradio.org/post/media-violence
<div>Ever wonder if consuming media violence makes someone more likely to act out violence in real life?</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>On River to River, we’ll examine a new <a href="http://www.news.iastate.edu/news/2012/08/23/violence" target="_blank">report </a>by Iowa State psychology professors Craig Anderson and Douglas Gentile that says violent images such as scenes in movies, games or pictures in comic books, act as triggers for activating aggressive thoughts and feelings already stored in memory. Also, what can parents do about it?</div>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:18:47 +0000Ben Kieffer7520 at http://iowapublicradio.orgMedia Violence Geral Blanchard on Ancient Healinghttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/geral-blanchard-ancient-healing
<p>Geral Blanchard spent 35 years working as a counselor. He embraced modern theory and practices. Then, he traveled to Africa. One encounter with a shaman changed his world forever. Host Charity Nebbe talks with Blanchard about that encounter, the journey it began, and his book, <em>Ancient Ways: Indigenous Healing Innovations for the 21<sup>st</sup> Century</em>.</p>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:12:20 +0000Charity Nebbe6045 at http://iowapublicradio.orgGeral Blanchard on Ancient HealingMistaken Eyewitness Identificationhttp://iowapublicradio.org/post/mistaken-eyewitness-identification
<p>Of the 273 exonerations granted to convicted criminals since 1989, more than 75-percent can be attributed to mistaken eyewitness identification. That&#39;s according to the Innocence Project. Today on &quot;River to River&quot;, we talk with ISU Psychology professor Gary Wells, who says he&#39;s developed a procedure to substantially reduce mistaken identifications in photo lineups.</p>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:18:43 +0000Ben Kieffer4581 at http://iowapublicradio.orgMistaken Eyewitness Identification